Sniper (film series)

Sniper
Sniper
Created by	Michael Frost Beckner; Crash Leyland
Original work	Sniper (1993)
Years	1993–present
Films and television
Film(s)	Sniper (1993);
Television film(s)	Sniper 2 (2002);
Direct-to-video	Sniper 3 (2004); Sniper: Reloaded (2011); Sniper: Legacy (2014); Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016); Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017); Sniper: Assassin's End (2020);

Sniper is a series of action and war films beginning with the 1993 film Sniper, which center upon the characters of Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) and Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins), who work as Force Reconnaissance Scout Snipers in the United States Marine Corps.

Films[]

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Sniper	January 29, 1993	Luis Llosa	Michael Frost Beckner & Crash Leyland	Robert L. Rosen
Sniper 2	December 28, 2002	Craig R. Baxley	Ron Mita & Jim McClain	Carol Kottenbrook & Scott Einbinder
Sniper 3	September 28, 2004	P. J. Pesce	J.S. Cardone & Ross Helford	Carol Kottenbrook & Scott Einbinder
Sniper: Reloaded	April 26, 2011	Claudio Fäh	John Fasano	Claudio Fäh & David Wicht
Sniper: Legacy	September 30, 2014	Don Michael Paul	John Fasano & Don Michael Paul	Jeffery Beach, Phillip J. Roth & Scott Einbinder
Sniper: Ghost Shooter	August 2, 2016	Don Michael Paul	Chris Hauty	Jeffery Beach & Phillip Roth
Sniper: Ultimate Kill	October 3, 2017	Claudio Fäh	Chris Hauty	David Zelon
Sniper: Assassin's End	June 16, 2020	Kaare Andrews	Oliver Thompson	Greg Malcolm, Vicki Sotheran & Oliver Thompson

Sniper (1993)[]

Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett, an experienced sniper, and Richard Miller are sent on a mission to assassinate a Panamanian General.

Sniper 2 (2002)[]

Thomas Beckett and Jake Cole are tasked with assassinating a Serbian general responsible for ethnic cleansing attacks.

Sniper 3 (2004)[]

Sniper Thomas Beckett is hired by NSA officials William Avery and Richard Addis to perform a covert operation to eliminate a suspected terrorist kingpin in the People's Republic of Vietnam who was providing support for Jemaah Islamiyah.

Sniper: Reloaded (2011)[]

With the assistance of Richard Miller, Marine Sergeant Brandon Beckett, son of Thomas Beckett, takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own.

Sniper: Legacy (2014)[]

After military leaders are assassinated, Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett receives word that his father is one. Attempting to track down the assassin, Brandon finds out that his father is not dead, realizing that he is being used as bait.

Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)[]

Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Beckett is given yet another mission where he is tasked with protecting a Georgian gas pipeline from Arab sponsored terrorists, however, things become complicated when a professional terrorist sniper named Ravshan Gazakov enters the fray.

Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)[]

Master Sergeant Brandon Beckett is tasked with protecting a DEA agent from a drug cartel sniper, known as "The Devil".

Sniper: Assassin's End (2020)[]

Legendary sniper Thomas Beckett and his son, Special Ops Sniper Brandon Beckett, are on the run from the CIA, Russian Mercenaries, and a Yakuza-trained assassin with sniper skills that rival both legendary sharp shooters.

Cast and crew[]

Principal cast[]

Characters	Films
	Sniper	Sniper 2	Sniper 3	Sniper: Reloaded	Sniper: Legacy	Sniper: Ghost Shooter	Sniper: Ultimate Kill	Sniper: Assassin's End
	1993	2002	2004	2011	2014	2016	2017	2020
Master Gunnery Sergeant Tom Beckett	Tom Berenger			Mentioned	Tom Berenger	Mentioned	Tom Berenger
Brandon Beckett				Chad Michael Collins
Richard Miller	Billy Zane	Mentioned		Billy Zane		Billy Zane
Colonel Chester Van Damme	J. T. Walsh
Corporal Doug Papich	Aden Young
Jake Cole		Bokeem Woodbine
Pavel		Tamás Puskás
CIA Agent James Eckles		Dan Butler
Colonel Dan McKenna		Linden Ashby	Mentioned
Major Guy Bidwell					Dominic Mafham
The Colonel					Dennis Haysbert			Mentioned

Additional crew[]

Crew/Detail	Film
Crew/Detail	Sniper	Sniper 2	Sniper 3	Sniper: Reloaded	Sniper: Legacy	Sniper: Ghost Shooter	Sniper: Ultimate Kill	Sniper: Assassin's End
Director	Luis Llosa	Craig R. Baxley	P. J. Pesce	Claudio Fäh	Don Michael Paul		Claudio Fäh	Kaare Andrews
Composer(s)	Gary Chang		Tim Jones	David Safritz Marcus Trampp	Frederik Wiedmann			Patric Caird
Writer	Michael Frost Beckner Crash Leyland	Ron Mita and Jim McClain	J. S. Cardone Ross Helford	Screenplay John Fasano Story by Ross Helford John Fasano	Screenplay John Fasano Don Michael Paul Story by John Fasano	Chris Hauty		Oliver Thompson
Characters by	Michael Frost Beckner Crash Leyland	Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland
Running time	99 minutes	91 minutes	90 minutes	91 minutes	98 minutes	99 minutes	94 minutes	95 minutes
Release date	January 29, 1993 (1993-01-29)	December 28, 2002 (2002-12-28)	September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)	September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)	August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)	June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16)

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Films	Sniper (1993) Sniper 2 (2002) Sniper 3 (2004) Sniper: Reloaded (2011) Sniper: Legacy (2014) Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017) Sniper: Assassin's End (2020)
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